重庆渝中区高考英语阅读理解、完形填空课外练(15)

重庆渝中区2015高考英语阅读理解、完形填空课外练（15）答案（三月）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

Probably you have seen photos of the Grand Canyon（峡谷）, the great valley in the desert country of Arizona. But you must go there yourself to feel its true size and beauty. The Grand Canyon is one of the greatest natural wonders of the worldThe Colorado River formed the Grand Canyon over millions of years. Slowly, the river cut down through hard rock. At the same time, the land was rising. Today the canyon is 1.5 kilometers and 445 kilometers long. The oldest rocks at the bottom of the canyon are more than 1 billion years old. The width varies from about 200 meters to 29 kilometers across. The rim or top of the canyon is about 2,300 meters above sea level on the South Rim, and about 3,000 meters on the other side. As a result, there are different kinds of plants and animals on opposite sides of the canyon. The South Rim is dry desert country. The North Rim has tall forests.The canyon looks different at different times of day, and in different seasons and weather. At sunrise and sunset the red, gold, brown and orange colors of the rocks are especially clear and bright. In winter, the canyon is partly covered with snow.The view from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon is the best. Most visitors come here and stay in campgrounds or hotels. Every point along the canyon’s edge offers a different view.The North rim of the Canyon is quieter. It takes all day to drive there from the South Rim because there is only one bridge across the Colorado River. On the way, you go through Navado Indian lands, and a colorful pink desert called “The Painted Desert”.1. The best way to feel the true beauty of the Grand Canyon is to________.A. see its photographsB. listen to the report about itC. watch its introduction on TVD. go there yourself and visit it2. According to the second paragraph, ________.the Grand Canyon has a short historyB. its size never changed in the historyC. the Grand Canyon was formed by the earthquakeD. You can enjoy different scenery on different sides of the canyon3. The scene the canyon is ________.various depending on different time and placesthe samevarious depending on different timevarious depending on different places4. If you want to visit the North Rim from the South Rim, you________.can go there in many directionswon’t spend much time on the waycan visit The painted Desert on the wayneedn’t go across any bridges5. If you want to have a visit to the Grand Canyon, you’d better go to _______.A. the North RimB. the South RimC. the bottomD. Navado Indian Lands【答案与解析】1. D根据第一段But you must go there yourself to feel its true size and beauty.可知答案。

2. D 根据第二段中最后三句话可以得出答案。

3. A 根据第三、四、五段可以得出答案。

4. C根据最后一段可以得出答案。

5. B 根据倒数第二段第一句话：The view from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon is the best.可以得知答案。

阅读理解。

阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项(A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。

When Frida Kahlo's paintings were on show in London，a poet described her paintings as“ a ribbon (丝带)around a bomb”．Such comments seem to suggest Kahlo had a big influence on the art world of her time.Sadly，she is actually a much_bigger_name today than she was during her time.Born in 1907 in a village near Mexico City ，Kahlo suffered from polio(小儿麻痹症)at the age of seven.Her spine (脊柱)became bent as she grew older.Then，in 1925，her back was broken in several places in a school-bus accident.Throughout the rest of her life，the artist had many operations，but nothing was able to cure the terrible pain in her back.However，the accident had an unexpected side effect.While lying in her bed recovering，Kahlo taught herself to paint.In 1929，she got married to Diego Rivera，another famous Mexican artist.Rivera's strong influences on Kahlo's style can be seen in her early works，but her later works from the 1940s，known today as her best works，show less influence from her husband.Unfortunately，her works did not attract much attention in the 1930s and 1940s，even in her home country.Her first one-woman show in Mexico was not held until 1953.For more than a decade after her death in 1954，Kahlo's works remained largely unnoticed by the world，but in the 1970s her works began to gain international fame at last.弗里达·卡洛是一位画家，她的作品还有艺术影响力，但是她的名气在现在比她当时的时代要大得多。

1．What does the phrase“a much bigger name”in Paragraph 1 most nearly mean?A．a far better artistB．a far more gifted artistC．a much stronger personD．a much more famous person答案：D词义理解题。

说句话说道卡洛对她那时期的世界艺术有很大的影响，故此处的“a much bigger name”是指她的影响力或者名声。